TelecommunicationEngineering Centre(Department of Telecommunications)
Khurshid Lal Bhawan, Janpath, New Delhi - 110 001
https://www.tec.gov.in/
No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/185

Dated: 27/12/2023
Amendment Notification

Subject: Extension of mandatory certification date for 12 products (ERs) notified underphase-III & IV of MTCTE by three months i.e. from 01.01.2024 to 01.04.2024 -reg.
Ref: No. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated 23/06/2023 & no, 5-2/2021-TC/TECI172 dated
27/09/2023

In partial modification to this office Notification no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/131 dated 23/06/2023& no. 5-2/2021-TC/TEC/172 dated 27/09/2023, w.r.t. the testing and certification of telecom& networking equipment notified under Phase-III & Phase-IV of MTCTE regime, thefollowing amendments are hereby notified with immediate effect as mentioned below:
a. Extension of date of mandatory certification of 12 products (ERs) out of 44 products
notified under MTCTE phase-III and IV by three months i.e. from 01.01.2024 to01.04.2024. The list of 12 products is placed at Annexure-I.

Mandatory date of certification for remaining 32 products (ERs) shall remainunchanged i.e. 01.01.2024. The list of 32 products is placed at Annexure-II.
b. Extension of last date of acceptance of test reports issued by labs accredited byInternational Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (LAC) signatories from nonborder sharing countries by three months for technical parameters only ie. from
31.12.2023 to31.03.2024 for the 08 products (ERs) mentioned in Annexure-III.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

aagr feie/Avadhesh Singh

ARIT ot°-1/Director (TC-I)
Email- dirta.tec @gov.inPage 1 of6Copy to (through email):
PS to Hon' ble MoC. DOT, New Delhi

ii. PS to Hon'ble MoSC, DOT,New Delhi

iii. PPS toSecretary (T), DOT, New Delhi

1V. PPS to Member(S) Member(TY Member(F) DG(Telecom), DOT, New Delhi

v. Advisor, TEC New Delhi / Sr. DDG, NCCS Bangalore/ CEO,C-DOT
vi. JS (Customs), CBIC

vi.AD (IT)/AD(TC), TEC for uploading on TECMTCTE website

viii.Office copy

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Annexure-I

List of 12 products (ERS) under phase-III &IV of MTCTE withmandatory certification date as 01.04.2024

S NoERProductNotified inPhase1.

Base Station for cellular network

Phase-III

2

Repeater for Cellular Network

3.
4.

Smart Electricity MeterSIM
HF Radio

6Mobile Radio Trunking System

7.

VHF UHF Radio System Equipment

89.

PTP PMP Microwave Fixed RadioSystem

10.
11.
12.

LAN SWitch
Router

IP Security Equipment
Satellite Communication Equipment

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Phase-III
Phase-III
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV

Phase-IVAnnexure-II

List of 32 products(ERs) under phase-III &IV of MTCTE withmandatory certification date as 01.01.2024
S.No
1.
2.

3.
4.

5.
6.

7.
89.
10.
11.

ER/Product

Phase

Compact Cellular Network

Phase-III

Equipments Operating in 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Band

Phase-III

loT Gateway

Phase-II

Tracking Device

Phase-III

End Point Device for Environmental Monitoring
Radio Broadcast Receiver RBR

Optical Fibre-Single Mode
Optical Fibre Cable

14.
15.

16.

17.
18.

Signalling Gateway

Phase-IV

Session Border Controller

Phase-IV

Softswitch

Phase-IV

Media Gateway
Precision Timing Protocol Grand Master Equipment

Phase-IV

Infiniband Switch

Phase-IV

IP Multimedia Conferencing Equipment

Phase-IV

Conferencing Equipment
Transmission Terminal Equipment-2

Phase-IV(DWDM, Digital Cross Connect)
Mobility Management Entity (MME)
20.
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN)/Gateway GPRS Suppor
Node (GGSN)

22.

23.
24.

Phase-IV
Phase-IV

DSL Equipments

19.

21.

Phase-III

Phase-IV
Phase-IV

12.

13.

Notified inBase Station Controller (BSC)/RadioNetwork Controller(RNC)
Cell Broadcast Centre (CBC)

Gateway Mobile Location Centre (GMLC)
Home Location Register (HLR)Authentication
Centre(AUC)Home Subscriber Server (HSS)

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Phase-IV

Phase-IV

Phase-IV
Phase-IV

Phase-IV

Phase-IV

Phase-IV
Phase-IV

25.

Mobile Switching Centre (MSC/MSC-Server (MSC-S/Phase-IV

Gateway MSC (GMSC) /Gateway MSC- Server (GMSC-S)
including Visitor Location Register (VLR)
26.
27.

28.

OTA and DM or FOTA

Service Control Point (SCP)
Operation Maintenance Support (OMC) / Element
Management System (EMS) / Network Management System(NMS) /Operation Support System (OSS)
29.

Serving Gateway (S-GW)/ Packet Gateway (P-GW)

30.

Short Message Service Centre (SMSC)

31.

Serving Mobile Location Centre (SMLC) or eSMLC
Equipment ldentity Register (EIR)32.

Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV

Phase-IV
Phase-IV
Phase-IV

Phase-IV

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Annexure-III

List of 08 products (ERS) under phase-III& IV of MTCTE for acceptance of test reports

in respect of Tcchnical Parameter' up to 31.03.2024 from labs accredited bv ILAC
signatories from non- border sharing countries

S. No

1.

3ER/ProductNotified in Phase

Base Station for cellular network

Phase-Ill

Repeater for Cellular Network
Compact Cellular Network

Phase-Ill
Phase-1 IISIM

Phase-IV

HF RadioPhase-IV

VHF UHF Radio System Equipment

Phase-lV

Radio Broadcast Receiver RBR

Phase-IV

Satellite Communication Equipment

Phase-IV

4

6.

7.
8

Note:

As on the date of submission of test reports, the validity of test
reports/results issued by foreign labs accredited by lLAC signatories from nonborder sharing countries for technical parameters only shall be up to wo years in
respect ofthe above products (ERS).
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